Support Staff

Cambon, Benedicte

Elementary French Teacher & Student Support Specialist

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Bénédicte holds a State Diploma of Psychometrics. She worked as an occupational therapist in a special needs school (motor and sensory disabilities, dysphasia). Then Bénédicte obtained her teaching credentials and taught several years in France before being hired at EB in 1997 where she taught mostly first grade. She has been part of the G1-G2 « looping » team for 8 years before working with the Student Support Team and the Lower School Faculty to improve the students’ experience. Bénédicte and her husband Mark have two daughters: Clarisse and Amélie.

Gostlin, Douglas

Maia, Carla

School Counselor and Diversity Leader

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Carla Maia earned her BA in Clinical Psychology from Instituto Superior de Psicologia Aplicada in Lisbon, Portugal and her Masters in Sports Psychology from Universidade do Minho in Braga, Portugal. She began her career working with young athletes at Sport Lisboa and Benfica and has worked as a School Counselor at the Carlucci American International School in Lisbon and The American School of Sao Paulo (Graded) in Brazil. She is well versed in social expectations of the United States, Europe, and Latin America, which makes her uniquely positioned to work in an international institution like EB. She is praised by her peers as being a leader in defining behavioral expectations and finding ways to motivate students to improve. She is highly compassionate, caring and involved with the school community.

McWhinney, Heather

Preschool English Teacher and English Support Specialist

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Originally from Philadelphia, Heather started her teaching career at the International School of Luxembourg before moving to Paris to teach English. In 1990, she moved to San Francisco and has been teaching english at the French American International School for 28 years. Heather holds a Bachelor of Science in Early Childhood Education from Boston’s Wheelock College and an MA in Second Language Education from McGill University in Montreal. She is fully bilingual and lives in Berkeley with her Quebecois husband and daughter.